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Originally Posted by Fbone
One commenter made an interesting point. He said if most book reading people obtain their material from libraries for free, what makes these companies believe they will suddenly buy a device and their ebooks. So he felt library support was important.
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That's a big if. How many book reading people
do get their content free from the library? Certainly not the majority in most cases. If they did, bookstores would be even more of an endangered species than they are now.
People certainly get
some content free from the library. It's useful for research, for access to volumes you don't own and don't want (or maybe can't afford) to buy. And it's a handy way to get and read books you want to read but don't expect to re-read and have no interest in keeping. It's also a no-cost way of discovering if a book is something you do want to buy and keep.
But while library support is useful, it's hardly critical.
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Dennis